Henry VIII had a secret daughter who should have taken English throne before Elizabeth I, historian claims

Henry VIII's lock for his private apartments. King Henry VIII took the lock everywhere and had it installed at whichever castle he was staying at. Henry kept its key all to himself; late in life Henry became increasingly paranoid and erratic.

This gentleman is Sir Thomas Le Strange. The full portrait by Holbein, of which this is a detail, gives his name in the upper left. Le Strange was a courtier of Henry VIII, and was with him at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

Henry VIII had a secret daughter who should have taken English throne before Elizabeth I, historian claims

Illegitimate: A depiction of Bessie Blount - King Henry VIII's secret mistress from the side of her parent's tomb - Henry VIII had a secret daughter who should have taken English throne before Elizabeth I, historian claims